# سعد
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

* Root
* س ع د (s ʕ d)
* 8 terms

#### Verb

سَعَدَ • (saʕada) I (non-past يَسْعَدُ (yasʕadu), verbal noun سَعْد (saʕd) or سُعُود (suʕūd))
* to be fortunate
* to be propitious

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

سَعِدَ • (saʕida) I (non-past يَسْعَدُ (yasʕadu), verbal noun سَعْد (saʕd) or سَعَادَة (saʕāda))
* to be happy
* to be lucky
* to be successful

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

سُعِدَ • (suʕida) I (passive-only, non-past يُسْعَدُ (yusʕadu), verbal noun سَعْد (saʕd) or سَعَادَة (saʕāda))
* to be happy
* to be lucky
* to be successful

##### Conjugation
#### Noun

سَعْد • (saʕd) m (plural سُعُود (suʕūd))
* verbal noun of سَعَدَ (saʕada, “to be fortunate, propitious”) (form I)
* verbal noun of سَعِدَ (saʕida, “to be happy, lucky, successful”) (form I)
* good fortune, luck
* success
* happiness

##### Declension
#### Proper noun

سَعْد • (saʕd) m
* a male given name

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Aramaic סוּעֲדָא / ܣܘܼܥܕܵܐ (suʿdā), ܣܸܥܕܵܐ (seʿdā, “sedge (Cyperus)”), a match too similar for such an unspecific grass to represent cognateship, denoting plants more native to the Fertile Crescent; compare the other borrowing of a name for Cyperus sedges كُولَان (kūlān). A derivation from the root cognate to س ع د (s ʕ d) meaning “prosperity” also with the sense of “moist soil”, “a land that is naturally watered”; sedge being a plant often associated with wetlands. From this root also in Akkadian 𒄑𒋆𒌋𒌋𒁺 (suādu, “an aromatic plant; Cyperus”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /suʕd/

#### Noun

سُعْد • (suʕd) m
* sedge (Cyperus)

##### Descendants

* Maltese: sogħda, segħda (dialectal)

### References

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* Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 558–559
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* Lane, Edward William (1863) “سعد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1360-1363
* Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, page 795
* Thompson, Reginald Campbell (1941) Cyril John Gadd, editor, A Dictionary of Assyrian Botany‎, London: The British Academy, published 1949, page 11
* “suādu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011, pages 338-340
* “sˁd$^2$”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–